Hose reel



July 14, 1931.

C. WAGNER HOSE REEL 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 Filed Sept. 16, 1,929

INVENTOR 62/0915; /9z;4/5

c. WAGNER 1,314,872

HOSE REEL Filed Sept. 16; 1929 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 July 14', 1931,

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CHTARLESWAGNER, or GnA wwoon; new JERSEY HOSE" REELApplicationfiledgseptember 16, 1929.. Serial No. 392,797,

This invention relates to improvements in hose .reels.. I r

One, of the objects; of this invention. 1s to v produce a. simpleipractical and efiicient hose.

reel.ofLtheVtype-inwhich water passes from.

tl' esource of supplyth-rough the hose on the with. a stationary.orlnon-rotatable. part con} nected with theW-ater supply;

Still another object ofi'my iinv'ention is, in; a deviceof the characterspecified' to provide. a coupling construction in which thejrotatablepart will beresiliently forced to its seat 4 byspring pressure,toenablethe maintenance ot' a .li'quid tiglit oint While, at the sametime I permitting, relatively facile rotation 0]": I, the;rotatablepart; k

Still" another object of imyiiihve'ntion. is to provide, inna device.of'l'the, character" described, simple means, l or draining the hoseduring the windin pp rati'on thereof,

vide. asimple and efficientbearing forlahose reel o-f th e'typeihereinabove. described means of which. the reelv may be permanentlymounted by the .user adjacent to: thesource of) supply. y

l' ith these andlother objects inr view,' the invention comprises. thecombination. of: members and. arrangement of parts .so com-- biiied asto co-act and vcooperate withv each. other in the performance ofthefunctions and the accomplishment of theresults herein con.-

templated, andcom-prises in one .otv its adaptations the speciesorpreferred form illustrated in the accoinpanying drawings, innvvhichFig. .1 is aslde elevationot aihosevreel ems I; rbodying myinvention; i

Rig; 2isan. end elevationof the reel shown. a

3 is a vertical central section through; a fragment of the reel andthemounting andi aters-conducting mechanism therefor Fig Lis adisassembled view of thecon nectionor coupling-means between therotating reel and waterzsupply, 7

Referring. now to these drawings, whiol illustrates a preferredembodiment ofmy in-- vention, .1 indicates a water-supply pipepro- Yjecting fromv a; building wall E2 on which, as shown, ismountedaimetal-li'c facing. plateo3. The water-supplypipe 1 has connectedtheretoia'conventional shut-01f valve 4.

In accordance With-my invention, I thread into the outlet l of thevalve& a combined Water conduit and bearing comprising a pipe 5 having-ascrew-thread 5- at its outer end and Lscrew onto this pipe 5 a combinedwater-tight coupling and lockingbearingfor. a hose reeli 9 comprising acoupling casing, 6:- having; at one end. threads 6 cooperatingwith? Ithreads5. at theouten end of theapipe 5and.

said casing is also provided at its opposite endw-ithinternalscrew-threads 6 adaptedto may be passed. Thehollow nut *7 is pro?-videdwith a shoulder 7 hich WllGIISCIBWGCl home against the outer edge 6the casingufi Will provide a mounting and locking groove 8.and, in thepreferred form of my invention, azhose reel 9 comprisingv plates ordisks 9'', 9 suitably connected together is locked in place; Within thegroove 8. As illustrated, the hose reel disk 9 -is provided with amounti-ng aperture 9 which fits over the-shouldn'? and which, when thenut vis screwedhome, provides a -beari'ng therefor.- Another disk: 9havinga bearing aperture 9 in axial regis: tration with theaperture 9 isadapted to fit gver the pipej'5 Which forms a bearingthere- Asillustrated, the disks or plates of the Y mesh: with a hollow nut '7 andthus to pro-' p I I vide-acouplingcasing '6through-whichwater-. Anotherobject of my inventloiris to prof.

reel are provided with a series of tongues 10 which are riveted togetherat 11 to provide a support for a hose 12 which is wound thereon and hasits inner terminal 12 connected with a nipple or elbow 13 passingthrough an eccentric aperture 13 in the wall 9 of the hose reel. Saidnipple or elbow 13 has by screw-threads 13 a watertight connection witha water conduit carried by the reel and comprising a hollow crank-arm 14having at one end threaded thereon a knob or handle 15. This hollowcrank-arm when properly connected with the source of supply will form apassage way for the water between the source of supply and the innerterminal of the hose and the provision of a water-tight connectionbetween this revolvable conduit orhollow crank-arm 14 constitutes animportant element of my invention. As illustrated, the crank-arm 14 isconnected at its opposite end with the source of water-supply which, ashereinabove stated, constitutes the bearing about which the reel turnsand, consequently, is located at the axis of the reel, and, in thepreferred embodiment of my invention, the nut 7 is provided at its innerend with an inclined surface 7 and a hollow coupling element 16connected to and rotatable with the arm or conduit 14 is mounted in saidcasing and provided with a shoulder 16' having an undercut-inclinedsurface 16 which abuts against the inclined surface 7 of the hollow nut7. This rotatable coupling element'16 is, as shown, provided at itsouter end with screw-threads 16 which mesh with screw-threads 14 on thecrank-arm 14 so as to produce a water-tight joint therebetween. Theinclined abutting surfaces 16 and 7 if closely held in abutment, willprovide a water-tight joint. As the'coupling element 16 is rotatablewith the crank-arm 14, it is impossible to provide a fixed'joint betweenthese surfaces and I, therefore, provide means for resiliently forcingthese surfaces into engagement.

In the preferred embodiment of my invention, I provide for this purposea spring 17 which abuts at one end against an internal shoulder 6 and atthe opposite end abuts against the inner face 16 of the rotatableelement 16.

It will be seen that when the parts are as sembled in the constructionshown particularly in Fig. 3, the element 16 will be rotatable withrelative freedom when the crank-arm 14 is manually rotated through thehandle15, the spring 17 having sufficient pressure to maintain awater-tight joint between the con enable a rotation of the reel throughsaid crank-arm 14 and handle 15.

In the preferred embodiment of my invention, the parts are assembled bypassing the nut 7 through the mounting 9 in the disk 9, then passingthrough the hollow nut 7 from the inner side thereof the rotatableelement 16 and screwing said element into the internally-threadedaperture 14 in the crank-arm, a kerf 16 being, as shown, provided on theend of the element 16 to permit use of a screw-driver in screwing thesame into the crank-arm. Thereafter, the casing 6 with the springmounted therein may be screwed into place over the rotatable couplingmember 16 and the coupling casing may be then fastened to the pipe 5.

Obviously, the reel will be sold in assembled condition and it will onlybe necessary for the user to mount the pipe 5 on the conventional valve4 of the water supply.

In the preferred embodiment of my invention, I also provide at the axisof the device a: drip channel 18 which is normally closed by a plug 19having drip apertures 19 which are openable to permit release of waterfrom the hose which will pass through the crank-arm 14 to the dripapertures 19' and thence out of the reel, thus avoiding possibility ofrotting or fouling of the hose.

Having described my invention, I claim l. A hose reel embodying, incombination, a rotatable hose reel comprising a pair of side membershaving a hose support extending between the same, a hose mounted on saidsupport, a water conduit mounted radially on one side member at theouter side thereof, and revolvable about the axis thereof, a fixedconnection between one end of said water conduit and a terminal of saidhose, a supply pipe extending axially through said hose reel and forminga support for both side members, a water-tight connection between therevolving opposite end of said water conduit and the said source ofwater supply, said last-mentioned connection embodying a coupling casinhaving a contact surface and a rotatable coupling member having acontact surface abutting against the contact surface of the casing, anda spring for forcing said two surfaces together to provide awater-tightjoint therebetween..

2.' A hose reel embodying, in combination, a rotatable hose reelcomprising a pair of side members having a hose support extendingbetween the same, a hose mounted on said support, a water conduitmounted radially on one side member and the outer side thereof, a handleat the end of said water conduit arranged to cause said conduit to forma crank for turning said reel, and revolvable about the axis thereof, afixed connection between one end of said water conduit and a terminal ofsaid hose, a supply pipe'extending axially through said hose reel andforming a support for both side members, a water-tight connectionbetween the revolving opposite end of said water conduit CHARLESWVAGNER.

